Where Care Becomes Culture,
Where Stories Become Protection
Jalinka builds a community-based economic system by strengthening women’s cultural work through batik practices rooted in natural dyes. Working directly with women artisans, Jalinka strengthens production capacity, restores natural dye processes, and gradually develops collective working systems that connect production with shared economic value, while opening access to markets that value origin, process, and production ethics.
The video below shows this transition in Kampung Pasir, Garut, where women artisans shift from synthetic batik to natural dyes as part of practices taking place at the community level. In dialogue with village elders, batik is understood as a book of life, where motifs record lived experience. For Jalinka, natural dye is not merely a material, but the source that returns batik-making to knowledge rooted in nature and carried across generations.
What We Protect
At Jalinka, protection goes beyond ownership. It includes the works, the processes, and the relationships that make creation possible.
Within our regenerative system, we protect:
Creative Works
Original visual expressions, including doodle-based and abstract artworks developed through youth-led practices
Design Translations
The transformation of visual works into eco-textile designs through methods such as doodle-to-batik
Production Processes
Collaborative making with women artisans using natural dyes and material-based practices
Cultural Knowledge in Practice
Knowledge embedded in technique, material, and lived experience within communities
Collaborative Systems
The way creativity, production, and community interaction are structured into a working model
Protection, for us, is not about control. It is about ensuring that what is created remains connected to its origin, its process, and the people who make it possible.
All works within Jalinka are developed within this system — where creative rights, contributions, and processes are acknowledged and respected.
Jalinka’s trademark is officially registered in Indonesia under PT EJK Empu Jalin Karsa.
When Impact Speaks
Not just something to wear, but something to stand for. And something that feels effortlessly good to wear: soft against the skin, easy on the body, and crafted with care.
— Dwi Yuliawati Faiz (Social Worker; Head of Programmes, UN Women Indonesia — in her personal capacity).
In this reflection, Dwi shares how wearing Empu Jalin Karsa (Jalinka) is not only about tradition, but also about purpose, care, and collective memory. But beyond meaning, she found comfort too, the kind of comfort that comes from thoughtful materials, mindful stitching, and clothes designed not only to be seen, but to be lived in.
Her words beautifully capture what we always hope every piece of Jalinka carries: tradition, dignity, comfort, and purpose. A reminder that clothing is not just about what we wear, but what we choose to stand for.
More than fabric, this piece worn by Dwi Yuliawati Faiz carries stories of resilience. The materials were sourced from a social foundation’s fundraising garage sale — supporting community-based programs for women survivors of violence in Indonesia. Jalinka then reimagined these preloved fabrics, designing them into a new garment — giving old materials a new life, and stitching together not only linen and thread, but also care, dignity, and quiet solidarity.
Jalinka® is a registered trademark in Indonesia (2025), held under PT Empu Jalin Karsa.